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Telepresence tech to cheer Afghan troops
News Back in July, the MoD said it was considering trialling telepresence tech to offset its travel budget. Nato is using high-end videoconferencing tech to boost morale for service men and... [22 Sep 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to replace hundreds of IT systems with a single infrastructure is running more than a year late and is £182m over budget. The MoD... [04 Jul 2008]
MoD plans telepresence trial
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a telepresence pilot, as part of its plans to tackle its travel budget.silicon.com Public Sector According to group captain Andy Towler, team leader for the... [03 Jul 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects to save £35m per year through an online travel service set up and managed by Capgemini. The service, which will support the travel needs of 300,000 Army, Royal... [19 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The Treasury was also criticised for giving the MoD an incentive to rush through the sale by promising to credit the department's budget with £250m if it was completed by March 2003. The sell-off of the... [10 Jun 2008]
MoD to advance its tech plans
News The MoD's R&D staff work in a variety of departments, including Science Innovation Technology, which manages around £500m of the research budget, Defence Equipment and Support, which... [15 Nov 2007]
Gov blasted over budget-bloating IT projects
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has gone the furthest over budget, overspending by £785m. The MoD had originally budgeted for two satellites but had then ordered two more, at a cost of... [14 May 2007]
MPs probe £900m overspend on late submarines
News Adam Ingram, a minister for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said on Monday that the CAD system chosen to design the submarines was not up to scratch, after Lib Dem Mike Hancock quizzed him over why there had been delays. [15 Mar 2006]
MoD: Technology key to future of defence
News He added: "The MOD budget is in deep trouble. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has rejected opposition claims that its planned investment in new technology is actually a "smokescreen" for... [11 Dec 2003]
MoD writes off £118m on ditched IT system
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has overhauled project management procedures after writing off £118m on a ditched IT system. The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) - the MoD's internal buying arm -... [03 Nov 2003]
Contract killings - who was opening the bubbly in March
Comment BT has also been on the receiving end, with a £50m MoD deal which will see it provide a radio communications network to the police and army. The credit card company was eager to slash its IT... [02 Apr 2002]
The MoD and the 'missing' £33m...
News The report states: "The Department [the MoD] is faced with £33 million of obsolescence costs resulting from rapid changes in computer hardware technology. The MoD could provide no spokesperson to explain... [22 Nov 2001]
False claim of MoD's surplus spectrum billions
News However, that is a long way off from the MoD actually giving up any frequencies, let alone deciding what to do with them. A spokeswoman for the agency told silicon.com that although the Chancellor announced a review on... [13 Nov 2000]
MoD goes online in £45m procurement manoeuvre
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to invest £45m in an online trading platform as part of a ten-year ecommerce strategy. The Defence Electronic Commerce Service (DECS) project, which will allow the MoD to... [24 Jul 2000]
MoD fails to make ends meet
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to go £2.8bn over budget on its top 25 procurement projects - pushing total costs up to £38bn, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). An... [01 Jul 1999]
